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Dec 11, 2023 | fastmarkets.com | Orla O'Sullivan |Holly Chant |Fleur Ritzema |Solomon Cefai

“It should take a little of the upward pressure off of bismuth,” one buyer said. The alloy maker declined to say what he has been paying for bismuth, since there is such a small market for the minor metal that is almost as rare as gold. A second US-based consumer of bismuth – in lead-free solder – indicated that he is now paying about 10% more for it than he was one year earlier.

Nov 23, 2023 | fastmarkets.com | Kirstyn Petras |Fleur Ritzema |Yasemin Sim Esmen |Laura Roberts

It’s “quiet on the copper front this week,” a source said on Tuesday November 21. Fastmarkets’ assessment of the discount for copper scrap No1 copper, delivered to brass mill US remained at 7-10 cents per lb on Wednesday, flat since June 7. Fastmarkets’ assessment of the discount for copper scrap No1, delivered to refiners was also stable at 10-13 cents per lb on November 22, flat since October 4.

Nov 22, 2023 | fastmarkets.com | David Becker |Fleur Ritzema |Dalila Ouerghi |Lee Allen

This week, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) launched option contracts on lithium hydroxide and cobalt metal. The options contracts are average-priced options (aka Asian Options) that are financially settled versus the average monthly price of Fastmarkets lithium hydroxide monohydrate 56.5% LiOH.H2O min, battery grade, spot price CIF China, Japan & Korea, $/kg and cobalt standard grade, in-whs Rotterdam, $/lb.

Nov 21, 2023 | fastmarkets.com | Holly Chant |Ross Yeo |Fleur Ritzema |Claire Patel-Campbell

Despite this, in their discussion on manganese ore and manganese alloys, experts including Asia Minerals Limited (AML) director Gautam Kumar, Project Blue founder Jack Beddar and WoodMac research director Kevin Fowkes weighed in on the various methods for reducing carbon emissions and the challenges they pose for ferro-alloys producers. “The problem is the most hazardous carbon emitting [part of manganese alloy production] is the use of coal or coke [reductants],” Kumar said.

Nov 15, 2023 | fastmarkets.com | Ross Yeo |Grace Asenov |Fleur Ritzema |Daniel Hilliard

The index for MB-STE-0416 steel scrap, HMS 1&2 (80:20 mix), North Europe origin, cfr Turkey, was originally published as $372.97 per tonne. It was corrected to $372.35 per tonne. The index for MB-STE-0417 steel scrap, HMS 1&2 (80:20 mix), US origin, cfr Turkey, was originally published as $378.46 per tonne. It was corrected to $378.93 per tonne. Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated to reflect these changes. These prices are part of the Fastmarkets scrap package.